West Town

Tribune file photo

1028 N. Ashland Ave., green, residential-commercial: An Italianate commercial building, with a decorative cornice and incised window hoods. Identified as significant by the state survey. Demolished in 2000.

1050 N. Hermitage Ave., green, single-family home: This was a remarkably intact example of a brick workmans cottage, built after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Among its distinctive features: Incised stone window hoods with floral motifs and zigzag details, plus a cornice supported by paired brackets. Demolition date unrecorded.

1050 N. Hermitage Ave., green, single-family home: This was a remarkably intact example of a brick workmans cottage, built after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Among its distinctive features: Incised stone window hoods with floral motifs and zigzag details, plus a cornice supported by paired brackets. Demolition date unrecorded. (Tribune file photo)